Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new study hints.

If you missed Earth's ' mini Moon ' last year, chances are you might be able to spot another asteroid today. The space rock ...

Vesta, long believed to be a differentiated protoplanet with a distinct core, mantle, and crust, is now the subject of ...

Planetary scientists research the complex asteroid Vesta which may possess the same fundamental architecture as Earth such as ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

Astronomers studied it for clues to how early planets grew, and what Earth might have looked like in its infancy.

Until now, it has been assumed that Vesta is a protoplanet and has a core. This is contradicted by measurement data that ...

Catch some morning meteors, see the Moon reach First Quarter, and watch Mars visit the Beehive in the sky this week.

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

As the second-largest object in the main asteroid belt, Vesta attracts a healthy amount of scientific interest.